Draft-sill construction for cars.



W. R. MGKEEN, JR. DRAFT SILL CONSTRUCTION POR GARS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1911..

Patented June 4, 1912.

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W. R. MGKBEN, JR. DRAFT SILL CONSTRUCTION `FOR GARS.

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.Y new anduseful Improvements in Drafta 'V-shaped orwedgefsliaped fillerand tiebut4 extending through theV entire vert-ical v transverse sectionon the line-4-4 of Fi sill` D the end'sill, andfEthe body -bgolster'l Ahorizontal flanges, andrenld plates or ang'es l riveted thereto, and oftopand bottoni necting plates riveted to the' horizmtal,y flanges otsaidsteel sections, in aymannerl tively',

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Specification of L'etters Patent. application med :my v, 19'1'1. serialNo. 637,326.

or Iianges of the bolster castings 'to the vertical web of the centersill pass' through ksaid flangesv andf center sill, and fhenoefrmlylunite `the bolster sections with i each 4other and with the sill. Theyconstruction 'of the To all u1/wm, z may concern:

Be it knownthat l, 'WILLiAM R. MCKEEN, Jr., a citizenof theUnitedStates, residing at maha, in the county of Douglas and State ofNebraska, have invented' certain Sill Construetionfior' Cars, Aof whichthe -prior ap followingis a speciication.` j reason o thetw'o main`castings thereof be- This invention pertainsto draft sills for fingarrangedfto abut against k,the faces fof railway cars, and isin thenature of an imthe vertical weby ofthe'feenter sill, said sill prpvement-u on or addition to the draft is enabled to pass through ,thebolster atthe sill construction set""forth and claimed in mi'dlen vh-oi'thelatte'r, *and to extendboth my application Serial No. 352,725, filedinforwar and the 'United States Patent Oiiice on the 17thv `and rigidlyt-i'ed toand made substantially day of "January, i907. integral lwith.the center sill'and side vsills v'The invention or limprovement residesin* 'by reason of being rivet/ed thereto. Diagonal bracing otv the[herringbone order 4is employed between 'theside sills, end sill,centersill, and draftjsills, as indicated in part in Fig.' 1, but' as.no'clairn 'will `be made in the ."present application to said bracinper se, further description'thereof-,is deelne unl ...I necessary l'Figure l is a. top plan view of one end of'. F and G a steel underfrarneforicars, providedwith made of, channel iron 'or,steel, oftheforixl my improvement; Fig.2 is la horizontal sec! lbest shown 'inFigl, lthatjsuto say, cointion on the line 2 2 of Fig. .3; Fig. 3 is avertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. k2,

block, placed between and secnred to thei nclined inner portions ofv thetwo draft sill menibers disclosed in-iny aforesaid applica, tion.'Av` p,,f

The invention is illustrated in theaccoinl' panying drawings, wherein:

I ,Snail-vertical 1fa theywenn#onwardr be.- measu'rernent or depth ofthe draftsilhand A:e the-oeiih'allngicenter sill and body bolster;'Fig'.4.

looking in the direct-ion of the arrows' v said Fig. 3,; and Figs. 5 andliars, respecyl rear and front perspective -yie'wsoi` u the liller blocktoV fwhieliniy inventiony more Tand.,fillerplatesjbfoffltliesainethickness as particularly pertains. 1, l, .v i'saidfansfw,andforlniingyinaei'e'ct 'an ex- In said drawings, A `indicates theforward tension .t 4er end of a steel under `frame` Jfor car bodies, ofofthecenter-'silhi'soastoaiford ,a Hat and which B, B, are the`side-sills, C the ,center evenfbearing for'f-thejvertical webs .of theorfftianges Said bolster E .consists y'of two vmain steel', castings,each having a vertical weben/,d

abutting respectively againstv the Aweblfoii` the center sill C .and

common in the art and well understood@ The rivets connecting the innerendgplates @es PATENT OFFICE.

rearward thereof, yet is tirx'nlyA represent f sills, which are vprisinga vertic'al-amb',anditippenand lower horizontal flanges pro]e'cting' `tnitvs'fard from @of,in-thsdirecanbf Ithe length" PatentedJune 4., i912. y

bolster tli'us setr forth is the same as in my icat-ion above 'referredto, and byf faheiiueif pistes b,

'atinnScientl-to .permitirle intro- Abrigaffordefl.- From l l v l1'lother, and. withthe side sills; l.Sn'iitalblef"braceSl'-,are carried 'tothe This is preferably of cast steel, in one piece,

horizontal UWebs and flanges, as best'illusedf.' in f Figsj'l i and65.-# This;.gblockis, at

ther-draf both for the purpose 'of lighptening .,it,5` and termed;therein,gft'his lilo'ei'rig; iuoiisInaterilendconseqnent draftrigffmaysb fofan constructibng--andapplied I ingang convenientm'ztrmex",J

im. scribed-is to guard ageinstfpossibledist/on convergingportonsotthe-dra sills'f;

Y, tieinlplace the converging sections` of the "dra/N sills, f` d y.rigid x5 sills and 'the center sill.

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etiiselitastllrfnedgefform" imherizsmel. 10 section, but ofhollojij ofbon-Alike construction, suitably vsti ffend mid* strengthened fbyrespects alike. ,f

forward-'f@morfine-,1611erabloekiis. recessedf,

to *afford 'space orwtheinnerfaor rear -fend,

it V'.lhe' .purpose of* the vfiller block @herekv de? to i maken almore.; direct end je', @lineman lltwceniithef more Widely seperatedportions of the drfit-w incenso Under,` the construction yhere set'Sforth,

onecoiitinuous `end 4subs'tantielly intgral Ile/c ti-igcenter sillcomposed' of sections united by the Vvcouplers and draft rigs. Both indreyvlng and in coupling or backing this ine'iber receives directly.the'primery stress,

which, however, is distributed through the` diagonal .bracing to theother portions 'of -f'nd fother-y bracing fend gtie4 members, todisftributeZ-it `over the ,entireA under frame, which,

under the construction, shown, becomes one sill-construction here shownis ,duplicated at are .in all Ineterial ends of which, iisg-.usual gfomcerfs' the; combiiirafesi ends" of which bend towardfndillep past :theadienteml; 0i -lenlsr sill; and a euer mockringweg d be f ,ngcportfns Qfth e bodviliolsers; `si'n'gl center sill In; anfgndeif me for cars, theCombintion with e; single) center sill 'of f'substantiallyI-cross-section of ydraft sills, the inner endsof ich areerranged'onopposite sides andeloseto the vertical web of thecenin'fndvancejof orfbey'ond the end, 0f said .',center sill, vsindthence lextend parallel Awith fetichl other; n ller` -block interposedbetween ",diverging portions of' the 'draft sllls;

fandrfstenings rigidly*uniting the draft sills` ,to the't'.enter'jsill,I uid the filler block to the draft 5111s;

4." vIn "an under frame for carsfth'e combi? vnet-ion of e center sill;draft sills secured at their innerends to/th'e center ,'sill, and di-Vergizig therefrom' 'through a :portion of their length,and'throghfnother portlon extending' parallel with each other; a fillerlsftlie ,rear

rgfsvill, end-Which divergethnce to a point 1,028,760- t l a .blacknterposedbetween the divergin'g pori In. testimony whereof I have signedtions of the draft sills, and h ving .a slQt name tol this speclcationin` the presence at its rear-or inner end into whi hlthe vertiof twosubscribmg witnesses.A

cal web of the .center sill is carried; und l WILLIAM R. MGKEEN, JR.

5 fastenings firmly uniting the draft Sills and Witnesses:

the filler block to the center sill and to each. WILLIAM W. DODGE,'othexx A DEAN BURTON.

